Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline of events

• 15/8: President, Paul Brasher resigns, replaced by Dave Barham who foreshadows external review
  • Votes for Brasher: Peter Allen, Simon Madden, Sean Wellman
    Sean Wellman

    Age

    50

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    0.8

    3star

  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
  Ben Rutten

  Age

  41

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  sacked
• 24/8: CEO, Xavier Campbell resigns
• 24/8: Directors to resign
  • Paul Brasher, immediately
  • Simon Madden, immediately
  • Sean Wellman, after new football director is appointed
  • Peter Allen, after AGM & finance portfolio handover in December
• 26/8: Details of coaching selection committee appointment
  • Sub-committee of 6: Josh Mahoney
    Josh Mahoney

    Age

    46

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
    Jordan Lewis

    Age

    38

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    2.8

    5star

    , Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn and Dorothy Hisgrove (board member).
• 26/8: Details of external review process
  • Ernst & Young to coordinate with support from Andrew Thorburn, working closely with Nick Ryan (Acting CEO) & Dorothy Hisgrove (board member)
  • Focusing on four areas: (1) Board effectiveness & composition, (2) a review of leadership, operations and culture including the footy department, (3) the senior coach appointment and (4) the new CEO appointment.
• 26/9: Andrew Welsh appointed to the board of directors, replacing Simon Madden
• 29/9: Brad Scott appointed as Senior Coach
• 30/9: Kevin Sheedy claims decision to appoint Brad Scott was 6-1 against him
• 3/10: Andrew Thorburn appointed as CEO - alternative link
• 3/10: “External review to be handed to the board next week”: Andrew Thorburn, Crichton Medal Address
• 4/10: Andrew Thorburn resigns as CEO
• 11/10: External review preliminary findings
• 24/10: External review preliminary findings II
• 2/11: Dan McPherson appointed as General Manager of Performance & Cam Roberts as Head of Development
• 11/11: Dean Rioli appointed to the board of directors, replacing Paul Brasher
• 14/11: Tim Roberts & David Wills appointed to the board of directors, replacing Sean Wellman and Paul Allen respectively
• 28/11: Dorothy Hisgrove announced as first female vice-president (at the Essendon Women's Best and Fairest night)
• 1/12: Craig Vozzo appointed as CEO
• 13/12: Board director election results: Andrew Welsh and Andrew Muir elected
• 15/5: The club's First Nations Advisory Council established, to be led by Dean Rioli (chair, Indigenous board member), and including: Leanne Brooke (EFC EGM – Community & The Long Walk. Essendon FC), Dorothy Hisgrove (EFC VP and National Manager Partner KPMG), Kane Ellis (CEO of Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service), John Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne) and Che Cockatoo-Collins (EM, Indigenous Affairs NBN, EFC Past Player)
• 16/5: Board of Directors declare support for the First Nations Voice to Parliament, after consultation with the new First Nations Advisory Council
• 28/8: EGM - Football, Josh Mahoney has accepted a role as GM Football Operations at the AFL
• 10/10: GM - Performance Daniel McPherson, and Head of AFLW/AFL Operations Manager Aysha Ward have been elevated to the club executive as joint leaders of the club's football department, as GM-AFL and GM-AFLW respectively

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Us when we sign Clarko.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Back to messiah mode

Ah well

 

[yodellinhank]

Clarkson would presumably have the runs on the board to give any players who refuse to buy in the flick.

If we miss Clarkson we need to target Hooker.

 

[JayJ20]

From Age article today...

"....Bombers skipper Dyson Heppell backed the coach but sources have indicated Rutten does not enjoy the full support of players to continue as coach."

Rutten arrives at Bombers HQ as decision on his future looms

A decision could be made on the future of Essendon coach Ben Rutten today after a new club president was installed on Monday with the coach arriving at the club on Tuesday morning.

www.theage.com.au

I’d ask who those players are. If Rutten leaves, then I’d remove those players too.

 

[Ati Tude]

From Age article today...

"....Bombers skipper Dyson Heppell backed the coach but sources have indicated Rutten does not enjoy the full support of players to continue as coach."

Rutten arrives at Bombers HQ as decision on his future looms

A decision could be made on the future of Essendon coach Ben Rutten today after a new club president was installed on Monday with the coach arriving at the club on Tuesday morning.

www.theage.com.au

Yep, Ham, Cutler and Francis want him gone.

 

[Howard Moon]

Yep, Ham, Cutler and Francis want him gone.

And Nick hind also wants a spare seat next to him on the bench..

 

[carnthedons]

Back to messiah mode

Ah well

In fairness given London, walls and other things, he does seem at least a very naughty boy

 

[Cold Sober]

Come on Hirdy, put your hand up, come home.

 

[ant555]

Semantics possibly? - I read from that that someone spoke to Clarko's reps - not Clarko himself.

Not really. The report was the club sat down with Clarkson.
There is no doubt there has been at least a phone conversation with his manager but the board meeting went well into the afternoon so there was no sit down conversations.

 

[eth-dog]

Come on Hirdy, put your hand up, come home.

Yes, let's do the one thing that would be dumber than sacking Truck and hiring Clarko without due process.

 

[P Money]

A few people much more ITK than me on this board seem pretty confident on us getting Clarkson. Personally it's looking a lot like the hot girl suddenly being single and giving them a wink, they think she's into them so break up with their gf and shoot their shot. Turns out she was just being friendly. They end up all alone w*nking in the corner thinking of their ex.

 

[Beerfish]

A few people much more ITK than me on this board seem pretty confident on us getting Clarkson.

It's only one really.

 

[Howard Moon]

if i know footy classifieds MO.. and i think i do..

Old mate will ask Ross Lyon would you coach Essendon, would you take the call ect - he will spout out a bunch of tag lines which will be twitterised

next morning the media narrative has Lyon as a front runner if Clarkson falters - not for any other reason than his co host asking him a question

 

[MiguelM]

If we miss Clarkson we meed to target Hooker.

If we miss Clarkson, we need a coach that has been successful at AFL level IMO.
Lyon, Buckley etc.

 

[P Money]

If we miss Clarkson, we need a coach that has been successful at AFL level IMO.
Lyon, Buckley etc.

If we miss Clarkson then this is an unmitigated disaster

 

[andleanback]

If we miss Clarkson then this is an unmitigated disaster

Hardly this shake up has been overdue. We need an external review and weren’t going to get it with brasher. Rutten has been at essendon for 4 years and still hasn’t been able to implement the defensive structure, which was the reason he was brought into the club for in the first place. What makes anyone think he it was suddenly going to fix itself next year. Regardless of clarkson rutten probably ends with the external review findings.

 

[eth-dog]

If we miss Clarkson then this is an unmitigated disaster

Or we can actually run a proper process of hiring our new coach.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

A few people much more ITK than me on this board seem pretty confident on us getting Clarkson. Personally it's looking a lot like the hot girl suddenly being single and giving them a wink, they think she's into them so break up with their gf and shoot their shot. Turns out she was just being friendly. They end up all alone w*nking in the corner thinking of their ex.

Sorry, I can't resist posting another Big Train clip in this thread.

 

[RearNaked]

Or we can actually run a proper process of hiring our new coach.

Nar probably still won’t do that will move to Lyon or hird knowing us

 

[P Money]

Hardly this shake up has been overdue. We need an external review and weren’t going to get it with brasher. Rutten has been at essendon for 4 years and still hasn’t been able to implement the defensive structure, which was the reason he was brought into the club for in the first place. What makes anyone think he it was suddenly going to fix itself next year. Regardless of clarkson rutten probably ends with the external review findings.

Agree 100% on the external review. Pre-empting the outcome of that review with the assumption that it would recommend the removal of Rutten is a bit misguided IMO. At what point, in the last 20 years, has Essendon been a good defensive team? Is that the failure of Knights/Hird/Bomber/Woosha/Rutten (am I missing anyone)? Are they all terrible coaches that just had to be sacked? Or is there perhaps another answer that an external review may be able to put its finger on? I'm not pretending I know the answer, but given our 20 year history I don't think you can just keep blaming the head coach and sacking them.

I'm all for a massive shake-up at Essendon. But this is not the way you go about it. The design of this is simply to go all-in for Clarko. It's putting everything on red. If we don't get him its a disaster.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Sorry, I can't resist posting another Big Train clip in this thread.

I’ve got a new show to watch

 

[Chambo]

If we miss Clarkson, we need a coach that has been successful at AFL level IMO.
Lyon, Buckley etc.

If we miss Clarkson, the next phone call should be Mark Williams!

 

[Phone]

it'd be interesting to hear whether not rebuilding after the drug saga and again not rebuilding when Daniher, Saad and Fantasia left will be covered in the review...

 

[Zephyr Effekt]

If we miss Clarkson then this is an unmitigated disaster

The most important thing is the external review will happen no matter what.

It's also possible Clarkson and the external review will be sold as a package deal (may have been the plan all along if this has been in the works for weeks/months).

Clarkson part of team that reviews and setups the football department on the go to be ready to rock and roll by October while another team can review the exec/admin department without any time constraints.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

If we miss Clarkson, we need a coach that has been successful at AFL level IMO.
Lyon, Buckley etc.

Buckley on SEN all but flat out said "no" when wheatley asked him the hypothetical "would you be interested". He said watching the last 24 hours as an outsider it seems there is too many things that need to be addressed in backroom (and pretty much indicated he didnt like the way they had treated truck either).